O! I am a conscript <br />O! how I do wish <br />That I had stayed away up North <br />And kept out of the 'milish.' <br /> <br />I have just gone through the draft, <br />And now have a 'posish;' <br />By 'General Orders No. 54' <br />I belong to the 'milish.' <br /> <br />I often thought I'd volunteer <br />And run for a 'comish,' <br />But as I failed to do it <br />I now belong to the 'milish.' <br /> <br />Here is refugees, deserters, and speculators, <br />All mixed up in this dish; <br />They put us all in together <br />And call us the 'milish.' <br /> <br />Now, come, all ye 'army sharks,' <br />'Bblood suckers,' and other 'army fish,' <br />Don't you think it served us right <br />To put us in the 'milish'? <br /> <br />Vicksburg, December 16, 1864<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-after-the-war/
